JPH024958B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a coin handle device suitable for incorporation into coin-operated vending machines and other automatic machines for dispensing coins or tokens.

For example, this type of vending machine conventionally has the ability to accept coins of various denominations, determine the denomination and authenticity of coins, reject coins with metal discs and unusable denominations,
Determining and totaling the value of usable coins, generating a sales signal when an amount of usable coins equal to or greater than the price of the product sold in the machine is inserted, and inputting to the price of the selected product A coin device is incorporated for awarding change equal to the excess value of the coin. This coin (sorting) device is
Typically, the external dimensions and coin box passages for insertion, rejection, and change dispensing are accommodated in a case that conforms to standards practiced in the vending machine industry.

This kind of hard tube dispensing device for vending machine coin device is
It stores change coins separated by amount in coin tubes. The coin tube is sized to hold a sufficient amount of coins to supply the expected change, and is configured so that it can be refilled with the appropriate amount of coins from the coin sorting device. If a coin with an amount greater than the price of the desired product is inserted,
The difference between the price and the price is calculated, and the change dispensing mechanism at the base of the coin tube operates to dispense the correct amount of change. Examples of devices in which the coin container device of the present invention can be used include U.S. Pat.
Disclosed in No. 3906965.

The present invention mainly relates to the structure of a coin tube that stores layers of coins sorted by denomination so that change or the like can be automatically given. The device according to the invention is made of a molded plastic body containing a coin tube in the form of separable halves which are removably connected to each other by means of fastening members. This allows mechanical service personnel to remove coins, unclog coins, and to disassemble the coin tube semiconductor in order to remove dirt and debris from the coin tube.

Now, let's explain the drawings. The preferred embodiment of the coin tube device of the present invention consists of two main parts made of a suitable plastic material: a rear section 100 and a removable front section 200. rear 100
is fastened inside the vending machine, and the front part 200 is removably connected to the rear part 100 by cam lock type fastening members 301 and 302, and these parts together form an assembly device.

The rear section 100 is a one-piece molding of durable plastic, such as polyphenyl oxide resin. The upper portion of rear portion 100 is provided with an inclined coin track 120 for receiving usable coins from an upper coin tester (not shown). The coin is
rolling on a coin track 120 and ending with openings 110, 105, each sized for a particular coin.
Reach 125. Upon reaching the opening corresponding to the denomination, the coin falls through the opening 110, 105, 125 and enters, for example, the coin tube 10, 5, 25 corresponding to the denomination of the coin. These are each
Compatible with US 10 cents, 5 cents, and 25 cents. The lower portion of the rear portion 100 is provided with coin tube halves 10a, 5a, 25a sized to accommodate coins of various denominations.

Front portion 200 is integrally molded from a durable, preferably transparent plastic material, such as polycarbonate resin. Front part 200
is the other half 10b of coins 10, 5, and 25,
5b and 25b, and is shaped so as to be combined with the rear part 100 to form a complete coin tube. By providing the hopper structure 210, the coin tubes 5, 1
0 so that a service person can insert coins. The lower ends of the coin tubes 10, 5, and 25 are connected to a coin awarding device 400 that awards coins to customers. A surface portion 220 of the outer surface of the front portion 200,
222 forms part of the rejected coin passage. Rejected coins from the vending machine are routed from an upper coin tester (not shown) to the opening 150 in the rear section 100 and then to the surface 220 of the front section 200.
222 and is returned to the customer.

The front part 200 and the rear part 100 include the coin tube 10,
Coin awarding device 400 arranged at the base of 5, 25
mated with. The coin awarding device 400 includes a horizontally movable slide 425, 405, 410 having an opening sized to receive a single coin from the bottom of the coin layer within the coin tube. Reciprocating the slides 425, 405, 410 feeds a coin from the coin tube associated with the slides in the conventional manner.
A more detailed description of a suitable coin awarding device is disclosed in US Pat. No. 3,814,115.

The front and rear parts 100 and 200 are cam lock fastening members 3
01, 302, it is removably assembled. The fastening members 301, 302 are in the form of a shaft 304 with a wing tab portion 308. The tab portion 308 is located between the grooves 233 and 2 provided between the coin semiconductors 5b and 10b of the front portion 200.
You can freely pass through 35. Shaft 304 is provided with an integral collar 305 and a circular clip receiving groove 306. This color 305 and clip 3
06 is for holding the cam lock fastening members 301, 302 in the rear part 100 and making them rotatable.

When the cam lock fastening members 301, 302 are turned 90 degrees, both the front and rear parts 200, 100 are tightened together. Coin tube halves 10b and 5b have different diameters because they are sized for curing different denominations.
The outer radius of coin semiconductor 10b is designated R ₂ in FIG. Tab portion 308 of cam lock fastening member
In order to make the shape symmetrical, the outer portions 232, 234 of the larger coin tube half 5b are cut to a radius R ₁ equal to the radius R ₂ . Therefore, the coin tube halves 10b and 5 that the tab portion 308 is in contact with
The surfaces with b are symmetrical, so that the cam lock fastening members 301, 302 can be turned in either direction for tightening. Both parts 10
A protruding tongue 140 is disposed between the coin halves 25a and 5a of the rear portion 100 to allow accurate alignment of the coins. In contrast, a groove (not shown) corresponding to the tongue portion 140 is provided between the coin tube halves 25b and 5b of the front portion 200. Tongue 140
When the cam lock fastening members 301 and 302 are combined, there are three aligned parts.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 2. 5, 10, 25...coin tube, 5a, 5b, 10
a, 10b, 25a, 25b...coin tube half, 10
0... Rear part, 200... Front part, 301, 302... Cam lock type fastening member, 305... Integral collar, 30
6... Circular clip receiving groove, 308... Wing tab portion, 400... Coin awarding device, 405, 410,
425...Sliding part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A coin tube device including a plurality of coin tubes for storing coins according to denominations, the device comprising: a coin tube half body fixed to a coin inspection device main body; a coin tube half body portion; It consists of a front half of the coin tube that is removably assembled, and a fastening means that integrally but removably connects the front and rear half of the coin tube.
Each of the halves of the coin tube consists of a plurality of articulated semi-cylindrical tubes joined together at the edges of the cut edges of the semi-cylindrical tubes, and the halves of the coin tube consist of a plurality of upright halves when they are joined. The fastening means comprises a cam lock means rotatably attached to the semi-cylindrical tube coupling portion of the half body of the coin tube, and the cam lock means comprises a half body of the coin tube. a shaft having a tab portion extending through a slot formed in the semi-cylindrical tube joint of the portion and located between adjacent coin tubes, the tab portion being positioned such that the cam lock means is transverse to the slot; A coin tube device that is engaged with the outer wall surface of the adjacent front half of the coin tube so as to press the outer wall surface of the adjacent coin tube front half rearward when the coin tube device is rotated. 2. In the coin tube device according to claim 1, the outer wall surface of the coin tube in a portion adjacent to the slot in the front half of the coin tube has a cylindrical shape with the same radius, and the tab portion of the cam lock has a cylindrical shape. A coin tube device having a structure that engages with the same radius portion of the cylindrical outer wall surface of the coin tube. 3. In the coin tube device according to claim 2, the two adjacent cylindrical coin tubes have different inner diameters, and the portion of the outer wall surface of the front half of the coin tube adjacent to the slot is A coin tube device with both cylindrical outer walls having the same radius. 4. In the coin tube device according to claim 1, one of the front and rear half body portions of the coin tube includes a coin track path on which hardening rolls and a coin receiving opening along the track path, A coin tube device in which each opening is sized so that coins of a particular denomination pass therethrough and into the appropriate coin tube. 5. The coin tube device according to claim 1, wherein the front and rear halves of the coin tube include means for aligning them when combined.